Morning im stephanie sy. And im delve walters and breaking news out of afghanistan powerful 7. 5 earthquake striking near the Northern City of of jarm and 2 00 p. M. Local and 5 00 on the east coast. Felt hundreds of miles away in pakistan and india and in the capitol. 11 school girls dead, nine injured in the province in northern afghanistan. We felt the earthquake here in the capitol kabul 250 kilometers south, southeast of the epicenter in the hindu mountains. Its very difficult right now, communications across the country very difficult and telecommunications are down in some areas. We are just hearing those first reports of injuries in towakan and the most powerful earthquake anyone here has felt ever. It went on for about a minute and people ran out into the streets and not only here in this residential area but also in the very busy areas of town, the Big Shopping Centers emptied out and people running out in the streets as cars shook, we have not heard my reports of damage and
Shown throwing. Theres still confusion over what happened to the russian plane that crashed over egypts Sinai Peninsula on saturday. Russian state media reporting that debris has been found at the crash site that does not belong to the aircraft. The airline metro jet says an external influence could have been the cause, but russias air transport chief has dismissed this. Meanwhile, nine of the victims have been identified. The bodies of more victims arrived in st. Petersburg early on tuesday and the third plane be is expected later in the day. All 224 passengers and crew were killed. Peter sharp has more from st. Petersburg. The egyptian president continues to insist that isil played no part in the bringing down of this aircraft, but the Russian News Agency has a source in the search and rescue team on the ground in egypt that says they have uncovered and found elements that do not belong from that aircraft. You can make what you want of that. The hotel behind me, the families are bein
Moderators. Welcome to your world is morning im stephanie sy. And im dell walters and americans go to the polls to pick a next president but today deciding issues that hit a little closer to home. Stopping discrimination and legalizing pot and a fight between a tech start up and major city its about the issues on the ballot in houston and it will protect the rights of transgender individuals and to among others use the bathroom of their choosing. San francisco voters could decide of rb and b and restrict Home Rental Services being looked at and ohio voters will decide to use medical and recreati recreationel use of marijuana and we are live from columbus, ohio and the polls doing little to pr digit the outcome of Marijuana Legalization, are you getting any early indications as to which way the vote might go . Dell resent polls show voters in iowa are split down the middle and appears to be more support for the medicine use of legalized marijuana. Analysts say the outcome of this electi
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Vitters across the country are heading toles polls with key issues on the tail. From stopping discrimination and realizing pot to the fight between a tech startup in a major city. In ohio, voters are deciding whether to allow the medical and Recreational Use of marijuana. That is where al jazeeras bisi onileere is this morning. Recent polls are split right down the middle, but there appears to be more support for medicinal use of marijuana in steady of Recreational Use. Analysts say that the outcome of this election will come down to voter turnout. Ive spent my entire career fighting crime and thats why i am voting to legalize marijuana. The commercials have been filling up space on Television Screens in ohio for months. Now its up to the voters to decide on a constitutional amendment to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana. This happens here, this is going to be earth shattering. Ian james with responsible oh
New york city. Wall street just beginning trading and it is heading up after that huge selloff in china overnight. The shanghai composite plunging 6 , other asian markets closing down, all of this despite oil prices climbing back up. Patricia sobga is here to help us sort it all out. The markets are up, the markets of down. There is volatility because there is uncertainty. All eyes are focused on the Federal Reserve policy meeting that kicks off today. Really investors going to be looking closely to see what language the fed uses with rewards to the weakness each seen in china and basically also the extreme weakness in oil prices. The dow over the last few weeks since the first of the year, what goes up can also come down in the same day of trading. Even if they are ticking up now, that doesnt mean anything for the close. Exactly. Weve seen a lot of bouncing around, but what we have seen is definitely a bias to looking at the glass half empty as opposed to the glass half full. Some bla